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<p>The 3.73 million national insurance contributors who earned less than £7,225 in 2011-12 had combined class 1 contributions of around £420 million.</p><p>Nobody with earnings below £10,000 in 2014-15 pays income tax as a result of this Government's measures.</p><p>They pay national insurance contributions because employee national insurance contributions arise separately in each pay period; for example, weekly whenever earnings exceed the equivalent pay period employee threshold.</p><p>These estimates are based on a 1% sample of end of year tax returns in respect of the tax year ending 5 April 2012.</p> |